Trends, Pattern and Structure in Working Force 2001-2011: A Case Study of Haryana | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

The working forcework participation refers to the proportion of population which is participated in various productive activities with or without wage. Such participation may be physical and mental in nature. The size and quality of work force is determined factor for an economy. Hence in present paper an attempt is made to understand the trend, pattern and structure in work force of Haryana state. The secondary data collected from census operation Haryana, census of India and department of economic and statistical analysis of Haryana are used to calculate growth rate, density, sex- ratio, literacy rate and work participation rate. The census years 2001 and 2011 are selected for the present study. It is found that work participation rate in the state decline from 39.6 percent in 2001 to 35.1 percent in 2011. The decline in the females work participation rate is higher than males in the state. The south-western districts of state like Hissar, Fatehabad, Sirsa and Bhiwani recorded comparative better work participation. As per 2011 census, highest portion of working population belong to other worker (52.1 percent), followed by cultivators (27.8 percent).